Chloe Ward, APRN
Psychiatric/Mental Health · Little Rock, ARNPI 1861843831
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 225 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,744 and has fallen 93.2% since, to $118 in 2025. Among psychiatric/mental health clinicians in AR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 225 payments — averaging $19.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$557
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$543
- Johnson & Johnson$542
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$423
- Alkermes, Inc.$419
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$340
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,387100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 43 | $557 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 26 | $543 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 24 | $542 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 23 | $423 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 19 | $419 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 14 | $340 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 17 | $314 |
| Neuronetics, Inc. | 5 | $289 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 11 | $223 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 11 | $206 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 12 | $171 |
| Corium, LLC | 7 | $132 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $97 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $15 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$4,387 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 359 psychiatric/mental health providers in Arkansas.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| SpravatoEsketamine Hcl | 23 | $28,315 |
| AuvelityDextromethorphan Hbr/Bupropion | 11 | $14,175 |
| Vilazodone Hcl | 79 | $9,561 |
| Desvenlafaxine Succinate ErDesvenlafaxine Succinate | 78 | $2,572 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 177 | $1,686 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 112 | $1,465 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 161 | $1,154 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 64 | $1,046 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 25 | $1,037 |
| Clonazepam | 80 | $911 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 45 | $908 |
| Prazosin Hcl | 41 | $837 |
| Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium | 20 | $592 |
| Aripiprazole | 38 | $514 |
| Mirtazapine | 29 | $367 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonSpravato | $542 | $28,31523 claims |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.Auvelity | $340 | $14,17511 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $22 | $5112 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 359 psychiatric/mental health providers in Arkansas.
Other psychiatric/mental health in Little Rock
- Cara MeckfesselLittle Rock$8K
- Stacey HughesLittle Rock$7K
- Michelle HeadLittle Rock$6K
- Sara JonesLittle Rock$6K
- Alicia BarosLittle Rock$6K
- Adrianne FunmakerLittle Rock$5K
- Ashley TaylorLittle Rock$4K
- Kizzie HoustonLittle Rock$3K
- Jennifer RawlsLittle Rock$3K
- Stephanie BohannonFayetteville$32K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.